2.2 OF MONARCARY SUCCESSION
Mankind being originally equals in tion, ty could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance; tinctions of ric measure be accounted for, and t o the harsh, ill-sounding names of oppression and avarice.
Oppression is often t seldom or never tously poor, it generally makes oo timorous to be hy.
But ter distinction, for ural or religious reason can be assigned, and t is, tinction of men into KINGS and SUBJECtS. Male and female are tinctions of nature, good and bad tinctions of o ted above t, and distinguiso, and wo mankind.
In to ture c is to confusion. a king century ts in Europe. Antiquity favours t and rural lives of t patriarco tory of Jewisy.
Government by kings introduced into tom.
It prosperous invention t on foot for tion of idolatry. to tian itle of sacred majesty applied to a ! As ting one man so greatly above t cannot be justified on ts of nature, so neit be defended on ty of scripture; for ty, as declared by Gideon and t Samuel, expressly disapproves of government by kings. All anti-monarcs of scripture s, but tedly merit ttention of countries to form.
RENDER UNtO CAESAR ture doctrine of courts, yet it is no support of monarc, for t t time a king, and in a state of vassalage to the Romans.
No of tion, till tional delusion requested a king.
till t (except in extraordinary cases, erposed) ered by a judge and tribes. Kings t title but ts. And rous o t ty, ever jealous of wive of heaven.
Monarcure as one of t them.
tory of t transaction is tending to.
tes, Gideon marc tory, terposition, decided in e tributing it to temptation in its fullest extent; not a kingdom only, but an ary one, but Gideon in ty of RULE OVER YOU, NEIt be more explicit; Gideon dot decline t deniet to give it; neit ted declarations of in tive style of a prop cion to the King of heaven.
About one y years after to trous customs of table; but so it laying of Samuels ted and clamorous manner to Samuel, saying, BE OLD, AND t IN tO JUDGE US, LIKE ALL OtIONS. And but observe t tives t be LIKE unto otions, i.e. true glory laid in being as muc tO JUDGE US; AND SAMUEL PRAYED UNtO tO SAMUEL, O t tO t REJECtED t tED ME, _t I S REIGN OVER tO ALL t I BROUG OF EGYPt, EVEN UNtO tO tO t, PROtESt SOLEMNLY UNtO t S of any particular king, but ter. And notanding t distance of time and difference of manners, ter is still in fasOLD ALL tO t ASKED OF SAKE YOUR SONS AND APPOINt tS, AND tO BE S (tion agrees mode of impressing men) AND AINS OVER tAINS OVER FIFtIES, AND ILL SEt tO EAR , AND tO MAKE RUMENtS OF AR, AND INStRUMENtS OF S; AND AKE YOUR DAUGO BE CONFECtIONARIES, AND tO BE COOKS AND tO BE BAKERS (tAKE YOUR FIELDS AND YOUR OLIVE YARDS, EVEN t OF tO S; AND AKE tENtO O S (by ion, and favouritism are tanding vices of kings) AND AKE tENtS, AND YOUR MAID SERVANtS, AND YOUR GOODLIESt YOUNG MEN AND YOUR ASSES, AND PUt tO AKE tENtS, AND YE S IN t DAY BECAUSE OF YOUR KING DAY._ ts for tinuation of monarcers of tify title, or blot out takes no notice of only as a MAN after Gods own .
NEVERtO OBEY t E ILL E MAY BE LIKE ALL tIONS, AND t OUR KING MAY JUDGE US, AND GO OUt BEFORE US, AND FIGtLES.
Samuel continued to reason to no purpose; before titude, but all avail; and seeing t on t, I ILL CALL UNtO t, being in time of YE MAY PERCEIVE AND SEE t YOUR ICKEDNESS IS GREAt OF t t DAY, AND ALL tLY FEARED tO SAMUEL, PRAY FOR tS UNtO t E DIE NOt, FOR _E O OUR SINS tO ASK A KING._ tions of scripture are direct and positive.
t of no equivocal construction. t ty ered est against monarc, is true, or ture is false. And a man o believe t t, as priestcraft, in ure from tries.
For monarcance is t.
to t of ary succession; and as t is a degradation and lessening of ourselves, so tter of rig and an imposition on posterity. For all men being originally equals, no ONE by BIRt to set up ual preference to all ot deserve SOME decent degree of emporaries, yet s migoo uno in trongest NAtURAL proofs of tary rig nature disapproves it, ot so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ASS FOR A LION.
Secondly, as no man at first could possess any oto of posterity. And t say, quot;e c; t, manifest injustice to t;t your c; Because suc, unnatural compact mig succession put t of a rogue or a fool.
Most e sentiments, reated ary rigempt; yet it is one of tablis easily removed; many submit from fear, otition, and t s.
t race of kings in to is more t could ake off tiquities, and trace to t rise, t ter tless gang, y obtained title of cending ions, overa and defenseless to purcy by frequent contributions. Yet ors could ary rigo s, because sucual exclusion of tible rained principles to live by. ary succession in t take place as a matter of claim, but as sometal; but as feant in traditional ory stuffed er tions, to trump up some superstitious tale, conveniently timed, Ma like, to cram ary rigs of tened, or seemed to ten, on tions among ruffians could not be very orderly) induced many at first to favour ary pretensions; by first ted to as a convenience, er.
England, since t, groaned beneat no man in tard landing ti, and establis t of tives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original. It certainly y in it. is needless to spend mucime in exposing tary rigo believe it, let the ass and lion, and welcome.
I sy, nor disturb tion.
Yet I so ask first? tion admits but of t, by election, or by usurpation. If t king aken by lot, it establis for t, , yet t ary, neit appear from t transaction tention it ever s king of any country ion, t likeablis for t; for to say, t t of all future generations is taken a of t electors, in t only of a king, but of a family of kings for ever, of scripture but trine of original sin, of no otary succession can derive no glory. For as in Adam all sinned, and as in t electors all men obeyed; as in ted to Satan, and in to Sovereignty; as our innocence in t, and our auty in t; and as botate and privilege, it unans original sin and ary succession are parallels.
Dision! Yet t subtle sop cannot produce a juster simile.
As to usurpation, no man ; and t illiam t not to be contradicted.
trut tiquity of Englis bear looking into.
But it is not so mucy as tary succession as it opens a door to t ture of oppression. Men o obey, soon gro; selected from t of mankind tance; and t in differs so materially from t large, t t little opportunity of knos true interests, and are frequently t ignorant and unfit of any t the dominions.
Anottends ary succession is, t t to be possessed by a minor at any age; all ing under tunity and inducement to betray trust. tional misfortune y , enters t stage of o every miscreant, her of age or infancy.
t plausible plea, it preserves a nation from civil rue, it barefaced falsity ever imposed upon mankind. tory of England diso. ty kings and tracted kingdom since t, in ion) no less t civil een rebellions. ead of making for peace, it makes against it, and destroys tion it seems to stand on.
test for monarcer, laid England in a scene of blood for many years.
tctles, besides skirmis beto ain is te of emper of a nation, ters are t aken in triumpo a palace, and Edo fly from a palace to a foreign land; yet, as sudden transitions of temper are seldom lasting, urn o succeed him.
t alrongest side.
test began in t entirely extinguisill ed.
Including a period of 67 years, viz. from 1422 to 1489.
In s, monarc t kingdom only) but tis a form of government imony against, and blood tend it.
If o t in some countries ter sauntering a pleasure to tage to tion, o tread te monarc of business, civil and military, lies on t for a king, urged t;t before us and figtles.quot; But in countries wo know w IS his business.
t approaco a republic t is some to find a proper name for t of England. Sir illiam Meredit a republic; but in its present state it is un influence of ts disposal, ually sen out tue of t in titution) t t of England is nearly as monarc of France or Spain. Men fall out understanding them.
For it is t t of titution of England is easy to see t ution of England sickly, but because monarctle more to do to make o impoverision and set it togetty business indeed for a man to be allo man to society and in t of God, t ever lived.